About this opportunity
Cetera Financial Group lists this Data Loss Prevention - Senior Security Engineer opportunity in dallas, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
At Cetera, our Information Security organization is responsible for protecting sensitive client, advisor, and enterprise data across a complex hybrid environment that includes on premises infrastructure, SaaS platforms, and public cloud services.
We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer with strong experience in data discovery, classification, and protection to lead the implementation and operation of modern data security posture management (DSPM) and data loss prevention (DLP) platforms. This role is highly technical and hands-on, with direct ownership of tools that provide enterprise-wide visibility into data risk and exposure.
What will you do:
Lead the design, implementation, and day to day operation of DSPM and DLP solutions. Discover and classify sensitive, regulated, and business critical data
Continuously assess data exposure, access paths, and misconfigurations
Identify and prioritize data security risks across cloud, SaaS, and enterprise systems
Policy design aligned to data classification and regulatory obligations
Integration with endpoint, email, cloud, and SaaS enforcement points
Alert tuning, investigation workflows, and response support
Partner closely with cloud security, IAM, application security, and infrastructure teams to: Reduce unnecessary data exposure
Eliminate overly permissive access and legacy data paths
Implement secure data handling patterns by design
Support audit, compliance, and risk management efforts, including: FINRA, SEC, and internal control requirements
Evidence collection and reporting related to data protection
Validation of data ownership, access controls, and classification accuracy
Develop and maintain: Data security standards, implementation patterns, and architecture diagrams
Operational runbooks, escalation paths, and support documentation
Reference designs that support consistent data security controls across environments
Act as a data security subject matter expert, advising leadership on: Data exposure trends and systemic risks
Control effectiveness and gaps
DSPM and DLP roadmap enhancements
What you will have:
5+ years of experience in information security engineering, with a strong focus on data security, data protection, or cloud security
Hands on experience implementing or operating one or more modern DSPM, data discovery, or data classification platforms.
Experience implementing or supporting enterprise DLP solutions, including: Endpoint, email, SaaS, and/or cloud data controls
Policy tuning to reduce false positives while maintaining strong coverage
Solid understanding of: Structured and unstructured data types
Data classification schemes and sensitivity levels
Data lifecycle risks (creation, access, sharing, storage, and deletion)
Experience securing data across: Public cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)
SaaS applications
Enterprise file systems and data repositories
Familiarity with security and regulatory frameworks, including: NIST CSF and NIST 800-53
FINRA and SEC requirements
Data protection and privacy control expectations
Demonstrated ability to translate technical findings into risk-based remediation priorities
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Worksite address
dallas, TX, 75215, US
Who can apply
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